Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 November 2012
549. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid their 2012 disadvantaged area based payment and single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49971/12]
View answerAn application under the Single Payment / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2012. With regard to the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, the Terms and Conditions governing the Scheme require, inter alia, that applicants maintain a minimum stocking density on their holding of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare declared, for at least six consecutive months, during the calendar year of application, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units. As the applicant has not met the required minimum stocking for six consecutive months, he therefore does not qualify for payment under the Scheme. The application under the Single Payment Scheme is being processed with the aim of issuing any payment due as soon as possible.
